Do you want to know what life has in store? It’s all here in this book. All the little things … More
Author: Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp
Literary translator from Arabic, German and Russian into English
A History of the World with the Women Put Back In
* Our English PEN and Goethe Institut funded translation is out this week! * Title: A History of the World … More
Trees for the Absentees
Philistia’s world is that of an ordinary university student, except that in occupied Palestine, and when your father is in … More
Farewell to the Horse shortlisted for Helen and Kurt Wolff Translation Prize 2019
A very quick post to share the happy news that my translation of Farewell to the Horse: A Cultural History by … More
Walks in the Wild by Peter Wohlleben
I’m excited to share the lovely cover of Walks in the Wild, which is out in my translation on 4 July 2019 … More
The Magic Story Shop has a cover!
My translation of Katja Frixe’s The Magic Story Shop is now up on the Rock the Boat website. It’s out … More
A day poring over spreadsheets
I wonder how many literary translators do regular statistical analysis of their output. If you do, I’d love to hear … More
Teaching at Manchester in Translation
I’m going to be leading a workshop in literary translation from Arabic to English on 21 Feb as part of Manchester … More
PEN Translates grant for A History of the World With the Women Put Back In It
The news is nearly a month old now but I’m still thrilled that the book I’m working hard on right … More
Books I’m working on – for publication in 2019
It seems that at some point in the last few months I started saying ‘yes’ to all the projects I … More
